Photo 

Photo taken by Don O'Brien in June 2007

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Four Mile Creek on TR 272
Location
Jackson County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by modern pony truss
History
Built before 1900; rehabilitated 1984
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 43.0 ft.
Total length: 44.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.99000, -82.63667   (decimal degrees)
38°59'24" N, 82°38'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/358254/4316940 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Petersburg
Inventory numbers
ODOT 4032918 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
BH 27739 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2007)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 54.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1951)
70

Categories 

Corrugated deck (520)
Jackson County, Ohio (21)
Lost (7,555)
Ohio (1,888)
One-lane traffic (7,002)
Owned by county (15,148)
Pony truss (12,296)
Pratt pony truss (1,787)
Pratt truss (4,069)
Replaced by new bridge (5,135)
Span length 25-50 feet (8,168)
Total length 25-50 feet (6,738)
Truss (20,636)

Update Log 

  • May 20, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: status, overview
  • May 17, 2009: New photo from Don O'Brien

Sources 

  • Don O'Brien - dok97 [at] verizon [dot] net
  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com